Name
Merle Oberon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-02-19
Deathday
1979-11-23 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]
Biography
Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress of Sri Lankan Burgher origin. Her career spanned the 1920s to the 1970s, and she was a major leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Born and raised in British India, she began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). She later moved to Hollywood, where she became an international star, earning acclaim for films such as The Dark Angel (1935), Wuthering Heights (1939), and That Uncertain Feeling (1941). Her performance as Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Oberon's other notable roles included A Song to Remember (1945), Berlin Express (1948), and Désirée (1954). A traffic collision in 1937 caused facial injuries that nearly ended her career, but she recovered and remained active in film and television until 1973.
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- 1939 Wuthering Heights as Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
- 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel as Lady Marguerite Blakeney
- 1944 The Lodger as Kitty Langley
- 1948 Berlin Express as Lucienne Mirbeau
- 1944 Dark Waters as Leslie Calvin
- 1954 Désirée as Empress Josephine
- 1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII as Anne Boleyn
- 1941 That Uncertain Feeling as Jill Baker
- 1938 The Divorce of Lady X as Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
- 1936 Beloved Enemy as Helen Drummond
- 1946 Temptation as Ruby
- 1934 The Private Life of Don Juan as Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
- 1939 The Lion Has Wings as Mrs. Richardson
- 1956 The Price of Fear as Jessica Warren
- 1936 These Three as Karen Wright
- 1941 Lydia as Lydia MacMillan
- 1966 The Oscar as Merle Oberon
- 1941 Affectionately Yours as Sue Mayberry
- 1943 First Comes Courage as Nicole Larsen
- 1935 The Dark Angel as Kitty Vane
- 1932 Wedding Rehearsal as Miss Hutchinson
- 1939 Over the Moon as Jane Benson
- 1938 The Cowboy and the Lady as Mary Smith
- 1954 All Is Possible in Granada as Margaret Faulson
- 1940 'Til We Meet Again as Joan Ames
- 1945 A Song to Remember as George Sand
- 1946 Night in Paradise as Delarai
- 1969 The Epic That Never Was as Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
- 1952 24 Hours of a Woman's Life as Linda Venning
- 1948 Night Song as Cathy Mallory
- 1973 Interval as Serena Moore
- 1945 This Love of Ours as Karin Touzac
- 1934 The Broken Melody as Germaine Brissard
- 1967 Hotel as The Duchess Caroline
- 1931 Fascination as Flower Seller
- 1932 For the Love of Mike as Bit Part
- 1963 Of Love and Desire as Katherine Beckmann
- 1952 Dans la vie tout s'arrange as Elizabeth Rockwell
- 1934 The Battle as Mitsuko Yorisaka
- 1943 Stage Door Canteen as Merle Oberon
- 1932 Aren't We All? as Bit Part
- 1943 Forever and a Day as Marjorie Ismay
- 2002 The Trouble with Merle as Self
- 1932 Ebb Tide as (uncredited)
- 1951 Pardon My French as Elizabeth Rockwell
- 1931 Never Trouble Trouble as Minor Role
- 1932 Men of Tomorrow as Ysobel d'Aunay
- 1940 Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
- 1938 Hollywood Goes to Town as Self
- 1936 Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1928 The Three Passions as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1930 A Warm Corner as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1932 Service for Ladies as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1993 Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One as Self
- 1937 I, Claudius as Messalina
- 2019 Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Self (archive footage)
- 2028 Charmed Lives: A Family Romance as Self (archive footage)
- 1954 Deep in My Heart as Dorothy Donnelly
- 1935 Folies Bergère de Paris as Opera Singer (umcredited)
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Mata Hari
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host / Marian Thorne
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Assignment Foreign Legion ( 26 episodes )
- 1961 The DuPont Show of the Week ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Host
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Host / Lucille
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Martha
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Margot Sterling
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1952 Four Star Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Carol
- 1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
